Panasonic anounces an end to plasma tv production .

[chris@panteg]

End of an era I guess .

Details here .

http://www.whathifi.com/news/panason...=articlehead_1

[Spectral Morn]

Been on the cards for awhile - what now? Plasma while flawed still looks better than the other flat panel tech out there imho.


Regards Neil

[Oldpinkman]

I know absolutely squat less a bit about the technologies here. My geek friend from Holland started explaining it on his recent visit whilst looking at my TV and it lost me.

However, the Mrs and stepson spent hours sitting in front of TV's to choose our new one which is a Phillips LED 47" and is the best I have seen, and to a man, everyone coming to the house says the same.

So presumably LED's are pretty good

[chris@panteg]

Well its all LCD with LED back light at the moment , wait for OLED then ? must be the way forward surely .

[Spectral Morn]

Well its all LCD with LED back light at the moment , wait for OLED then ? must be the way forward surely .

I am sorry I got rid of my 37 inch Panasonic CRT TV Don't get me wrong HD looks great as does Blu Ray - mostly - still some digital artefacting evident, but standard digital to my eyes looked much better on the CRT TV.

Anyway we are where we are now and its pick from the best of what's available.


Regards Neil

[MartinT]

That's very sad as I selected my Panny 42" HD plasma on picture quality grounds. I love its natural colours and great resolution. Wish now in a way I had bought the 46" version, but one doesn't want the TV to dominate a listening room, does one?

[MartinT]

Goodness me, I see that the 50" TX-P50X60B is going for only £459 on Amazon. Perhaps I should upgrade while I can?

Correction: no good as it's only 'HD Ready'. £699 is required for the full HD one.

[losenotaminute]

Have been using a 32" Phillips CRT TV for more than 10 years and am very happy with it. It has a built-in anti theft device in that it weighs about 30kg and is worth about £10 Advantages are that the picture and sound are excellent and it uses very little power. I have no desire to move to HD or 3D, can't see the point when my existing TV works well.

[Audio Al]

My 52" LG LCD is amazing on HD almost like watching live at the event

[The Barbarian]

Our Samsung LCD TV must be ten years old easy.. I much prefer the picture quality to the new TV's i see in the shops..This old one is very Analogue looking picture which pleases the old Barbarian lad ole & it just won't die It cost us nearly three as much as an equivalent would cost these days